It took me 25 hours over a two-day period: the first day was 11 hours and the second was 14

everything other than the dowels stamen is edible

The bottom cake is vanilla and chocolate with a chocolate cinnamon filling; the top cake (the sphere) is chocolate cinnamon and chocolate cake with the same fillingEverything is either made from fondant or royal icing

Go to this link to see a video of me making it (sped up of course): [link]